stranger than friends

The only way where someone can ever be more than a man is when the person is a woman pretending to be a man. It was never Penn wish to don on male clothing and act like a man but it was the only thing she could do if she wanted to survive. Living on the streets before she came across a man whose character was erratic and unpredictable, the man offered Penn to be his heir and Penn had no choice but to accept because her life depends on the protection which the man could offer. Penn secret was discovered by her new adopted father who wanted her to remain in her guise as a man to deal with certain issues and cause an insurgency which the man was convinced that Penn was perfect for. Keeping her identity a secret from others and at the same time planning to take down the empire is more than enough work for anybody could handle and as if that was not enough. She just had to learn some deep secrets about her family that seemed to tilt everything she believed in and fall for the Prince even when she knows that she was trying to dethrone his father. Yeah, Penn life was capital letters COMPLICATED. ••

Sudah jatuh tertimpa tangga. Sepertinya kalimat itu cukup untuk menggambarkan derita hidup seorang Allen Caitlin. Dalam semalam hidup Allen berubah total. Batal bertunangan dengan laki-laki yang dicintainya. Fakta bahwa dirinya hanya anak tiri, diusir dari rumah, dan dikeluarkan dari kampus hanyalah awal penderitaannya. Tahu kenapa? Karena setelah lima tahun berjuang melupakan malam sialan itu. Agra, laki-laki yang menjadi sebab kesialannya justru duduk di depannya sembari menyodorkan kontrak pernikahan. "Menikahlah denganku, maka semua utangmu di masa lalu kuanggap lunas." (Agra) Keduanya harus terikat dalam hubungan yang rumit. Sebuah pernikahan tanpa ada cinta di dalamnya. Selucu itukah takdir mengikat Allen dengan Agra? Laki-laki yang memiliki sifat lebih dingin dari es. Found me on IG @roseelily16

“Sorry Khlea because I didn’t love you, I made you a covering hole when Joan left”! the word that hurt her the most. She loved but got hurt, that’s what happened to Khlea Magalona. She is been blinded by love which caused her to almost die. But what happened to her was like a blessing and disguise. Because she met Vonn Richard the person who saw and helped her. Vonn offered her a deal to marry him-Marry him by contract. Because Vonn’s offer was good, she accepted it because she thinks it’s a win-win solution. But what she didn’t prepare for was that she would fall in love with her. But she was afraid that what happened to her in the past might happen again. She did everything and tried to suppress her feelings but it only got worse. Is she ready to love again? Will Vonn love her too? What will prevail, fear or love?

Kecelakaan misterius yang menimpa kedua orang tuanya membuat Rayana harus terjun ke dalam dunia kejahatan yang sesungguhnya tidak ia inginkan. Pertemuan singkat mempertemukannya dengan Arkana Bimantara yang juga pebisnis muda dalam dunia gelap. Mereka kemudian bekerja sama untuk menemukan siapa dalang dibalik kecelakaan yang merenggut nyawa orang tua Rayana. Semakin hari perasaan cinta pun tumbuh diantara mereka berdua, tetapi bersamaan dari itu cobaan terus menerus datang membuat mereka harus menghadai peluru dan juga benda tajam yang mengancam nyawa keduanya. Mampukah keduanya bertahan hingga akhir? "Karena hidup bukan hanya tentang siang yang cerah tetapi juga akan melewati malam yang sangat gelap."

Eleanor dan Cedric terpaksa menjalin hubungan kontrak selama dua bulan dikarenakan skandal aneh mengenai hubungan satu malam mereka di hari Valentine. Mereka mencurigai pelaku yang menyebarkan gosip itu adalah penguntit yang mengincar mereka semenjak masih remaja, meski mereka tidak memiliki hubungan apa pun sejak dulu. Sebelum insiden itu terjadi, Eleanor mengunjungi sebuah toko buku misterius, merupakan toko buku yang berisi kehidupan masing-masing manusia bumi. Eleanor menemukan sebuah buku berjudul "My Perfect Stranger" merupakan buku kisah kehidupannya selama ini. Tertulis dalam buku tersebut bahwa Cedric adalah cinta sejatinya. Apakah Eleanor akan menerima Cedric sepenuhnya meski hubungan mereka sangat kaku akibat skandal itu? Siapakah penguntit yang selama ini mengincar Eleanor dan Cedric sehingga menciptakan sebuah luka masa lalu dalam diri mereka? Berhasilkah Cedric menaklukkan hati Eleanor selama menjalin hubungan kontrak dua bulan?

Zara is one of the twins born into a new Kingdom built by her Parents Summer & Damian. Able to control other people’s feelings, she struggles with her own and is unable to build real relationships outside of her Family circle. Feeling branded an outsider over her special abilities, her only escape seems to run away. She ends up Captured and imprisoned by a new pack. After being beaten for days, she finally finds the strength to protect herself which lands her a bit of respect and the opportunity to join the new pack as Bodyguard for the tyrant King under a false name. It's not all as it seems... Finally understanding some of her feelings, she is able to drop the shield surrounding her, letting people in. As her mate is forced to marry another Woman, she promises herself to come back fighting.

GUIECO CLAN SERIES #1 Kenya Guieco. Isang teacher-agent at babaeng nagmahal ng todo pero nagawa pa rin ipagpalit at iwan dahil lang sa hindi niya kayang isuko ang pagkakababae niya sa taong minahal niya. Kulang ang salitang sakit para ilarawan ang kung anong nararamdaman niya dahil ang ipinagpalit pa talaga sa kanya ay isa sa matalik niyang kaibigan. Nagmahal. Nasaktan. Naglasing. And then he met this hot stranger pero hindi niya naman type na siyang naging sandalan niya sa gabing wasak na wasak ang kanyang mundo. Hindi lang agresibong halik ang ibinigay niya sa lalaki kundi maging ang kanyang pagkababae na siyang sinisisi niya kung bakit nagawa siyang saktan ng taong mahal niya. Sinabi niya ding kaligayahan lang ang habol niya sa lalaki. Na bukod sa maka mundong ginawa nila ang gabing iyon ay wala na siyang balak na ikonekta ang buhay niya sa binatang hindi niya naman kilala. Pero sadya nga yatang mapaglaro ang tadhana dahil muli silang pinagtagpo. Sa bawat sakit na nararamdaman niya ay nandoon ang binata para pawiin iyon hanggang sa nakasanayan niya ng laging nasa tabi niya ang binata. Ngunit hindi niya inaasahan na ang gabi kung saan una silang pinagtagpo ay ang gabi din kung saan magsisimulang tumibok at magmahal ulit ang sawi niyang puso. Paano niya malalagpasan ang nagbabadyang ikalawa niyang kabiguan kung ang taong kanyang naging karamay ay ang taong mawawala ulit sa kanya? Bibitiw ba siya kagaya nong una o ipaglalaban niya ang kanyang nararamdaman para sa taong binansagan niyang ‘STRANGER’?

Harmonica Saint is terrified of being unable to make friends. Coupled with her crippling social anxiety, and her fear of moving away from her family to a new place for college, she is afraid she'd have no friends. But surprisingly on the first day, someone wants to be her friend…. It is just that this person is Rhett Lockhart, littered with tattoos and mysterious beyond compare, Harmony has a bad feeling about this friendship. After all, friends don't give other friends hickeys on their necks. Or do they? "So you thought our friendship was over because of that? Funny baby girl, what makes you think I'll let you go….. Just like that?" He said the words so gently as he always spoke, but it was his eyes that gave him away, those pitch-black eyes were raging with all kinds of intense emotion, each promising to swallow her whole.

The women in Brianne Montgomery’s family have a curse that compels them to marry before the age of thirty-one, and she wasn't going to be the first one to break it. Her life seemed perfecThe only thing she hated about her life was Travis Cross—her brother’s annoying best friend. Travis made a lifetime promise to take care of Brianne for the rest of his life. He promised to be her safety guy to save her from the family curse. Soon, their once hateful relationship turned into an unbreakable bond of love and friendship. However, their dependent and comfortable relationship would always be complicated because of the yearning inside Travis that craved Brianne like a drug. And Brianne struggled to stay immune to his charms. She had already lost so much, and Travis had become the most important thing she couldn’t afford to gamble with. This romance follows Travis and Brianne's lives from the age of sixteen to adulthood and how they dealt with family, teen peer pressure, marriage and breakups… all of which make up their deep and unbreakable connection: A relationship so beautiful, they’re afraid to risk it for anything… not even for love itself.

Walang nagawa si Ada nang pumayag ang kaniyang ama na ipakasal sa lalaking hindi kilala. Ang alam lang niya 'tungkol sa kaniyang magiging asawa ay isang bilyonaryo, matagumpay sa pagpapatakbo ng negosyo at nag-iisang anak ng isang kilalang business tycoon. Natapos ang paghahanda para sa kasal, na hindi man lang nagpakita ang mapapangasawa at nagpakilala ng pormal sa kaniya. Sa araw at sa mismong kasal ay nakilala niya ito subalit laking gulat ni Ada, na si Nik pala ang taong iyon. Ang taong nagligta kay Ada nang may magtatangkang gumahasa sa kaniya sa party ng kaibigan at sa lalaking nakasama ng isang gabi sa pagbabakasyon sa La Union. Pero ang Nik na ngayong naging asawa ay ibang-iba sa nakilala at ang tingin nito sa kaniya ay isang babaeng kayamanan lang ang habol kaya nagpakasal dito. Matapos ang unang gabi ng pagiging mag-asawa nila ay iniwan na siya nito kinabukasan at isang taon ang nakalipas ay uuwi na ito subalit para makipaghiwalay sa kaniya. Hindi sila maaring maghiwalay ni Nik dahil magagalit ang Papa niya sa kaniya at kailangan nila si Nik upang iligtas ang palubog na nilang negosyo. Kahit ayaw niyang maging tama ang paningin ni Nik sa kaniya ay kailangan niyang iligtas ang negosyo para sa amang minamahal.